01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014283
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- AB10 1AL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Scottish Youth Theatre (SYT) is a national young artists’ development organisation. Established in 1976, our purpose is to collaborate with young theatre artists to create experiences and events that reverberate in their lives, their communities and their country. We bring young artists (aged 14-25) together from across Scotland and also work with young people from specific areas to respond to their local theatre skills and career development needs through creative projects and traineeships. The staff team work in a distributed model (with no central office) supporting the delivery of work across Scotland. Each project we produce provides young artists with space, care and creative stimulus to explore theatre and make new performance work on their own terms. Participants are in control of the creative process and the work they make is their opportunity to interrogate and reflect on things that matter to them.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The company’s objects are the advancement of education and the advancement of the arts and culture through the following activities: a. Act as a young artist development organisation and trusted resource for Scotland’s aspiring, emerging and early-career theatre-makers b. Provide support and opportunities in training, theatre-making, performance, theatre production and creative collaboration for young people based in Scotland c. Inspire and support young artists’ career pathways into theatre and the cultural sector, ensuring access regardless of background, lived experience or location (in Scotland) d. Facilitate, promote, share and celebrate young artists’ theatre performances and wider achievements e. Build and maintain a vibrant, supportive community linking participants, professional arts practitioners and sector partners, including theatre, youth arts, formal and informal education f. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in the shared purpose of advocating for and advancing education and training in arts and culture, for the benefit of young people in Scotland
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £202,399 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £247,039 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £250,532 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £271,636 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 17 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £727,357 | £270,225 | £231,459 | £225,673 | £0 | £0 | £1,268,279 | £19,366 | £1,233,942 | £14,971 | 5 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £593,022 | £274,451 | £294,690 | £23,881 | £0 | £0 | £571,597 | £43,926 | £510,645 | £17,026 | 5 | 21 December 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- c/o Citymoves, The Anatomy Rooms, Shoe Lane, Marischal College, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scottishyouththeatre.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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